Chapter 412: Slot and Fire

Wait three days... will it still be in time?

Not expecting that the friendly bandage woman would refuse to act, Leon, worried about the situation at the hospital, gritted his teeth, lowered his head, and tried to plead again:

"If you are willing to act, I can..."

"Sorry, this is not a question of how much the price is."

After interrupting Leon, the woman covered in bandages shook her head, her expression regretful:

"The reason I have been able to stay safely in the Cleanup Bureau for six years is that I never act when I am not sure.

Although I sympathize with your encounter, I have a reason never to easily take risks. I hope you can understand my decision."

"..."

Understand, of course I understand. After all, if I don't understand, what else can I do? Forcibly drag you over?

After listening to the other party's irrefutable refusal, Leon couldn't help but loosen his palms powerlessly.

Although it sounded a bit cold, what the other party said was actually correct. She had no obligation to take risks for his affairs, but... what about Anna?

Right now, although he could still choose to return to the hospital and take Anna out in advance while that "out-of-control infected" person hadn't caused a big commotion.

But if what that nurse said was true, then if he stopped the medicine and took Anna home now, she would basically only be able to lie in the hospital bed for the rest of her life. I'm afraid she wouldn't even be able to do housework like laundry and cooking.

Over the years, dragging the family down because of lung disease had already made Anna very painful. According to her personality, which was gentle and obedient on the surface but abnormally stubborn in reality, if she found out she had become a complete "burden," I'm afraid...

"Kid, you can't go back on your word!"

Just as Leon was weighing the two choices repeatedly, hesitating whether to take Anna out, the black goat in his arms twisted its neck uncomfortably and reminded him worriedly:

"We agreed before that I would help you find someone, and you would buy me cigarettes! Now that I have helped you find the person, it is her business if she is unwilling to help. The cigarettes you owe me can't be missing a single one!"

"..."

Right, there is also this guy!

As if catching a straw of hope floating before his eyes, Leon's eyes lit up suddenly. He grabbed the sheep head and said urgently:

"What about you? Can you solve this matter? If you can do it, as long as I am still working at the Cleanup Bureau, I will buy you a pack of 'Gao Te' every week!"

Tsk... coming at me with this again... Did I give you too much face?

After hearing the conditions Leon proposed, a flash of anger appeared on the black goat's face.

Kid! You don't really think that I helped you find someone for the sake of cigarettes, do you? I am a Great Demon, would I be short of this cheap cigarette of yours that only sells for three silver wheels?

Let me tell you! If it weren't for that red-haired woman appreciating you, let alone a pack of rotten cigarettes, even if you knelt down now and begged me to take your soul, I wouldn't bother to take it, you know?

"At least three packs!"

"Deal!"

Damn! I asked for too little!

After curling its lips with some annoyance, the black goat cursed itself for being useless, then sighed and rubbed hard into Leon's arms.

Sigh... who told me I like this stuff.

And in my current sheep-head-sheep-brain appearance, I don't even have the qualifications to go rob. If things go wrong, not only will I not grab the money, but I will be stewed by others, making me not even have the money to buy a pack of cigarettes.

Damn! Thinking of this makes me upset! That red-haired woman, although not poor, exchanges all her weekly salary into horse urine to drink as soon as it is issued. She doesn't even want to spend half a copper wheel on me!

After I smoke a few more cigarettes and save enough power to turn over, I must smash all the taverns in the entire Capital! Even the perfume factories containing alcohol will be smashed together! I won't let you stinky woman have even a hair to drink!

While the black goat was secretly being ruthless in its heart, it gathered the little power it had left, made a demon mark on Leon's chest, and took the initiative to give him the right to "use" it. At the same time, the familiar noise rang in Leon's ear.

"Zzz"

【First time obtaining a usable anomaly, hidden trait of the heterochromatic badge "Materialist Soul (Crimson)" activated】

【Materialist Soul (Heterochromatic · Crimson · Cannot be upgraded):...】

【Wearing effect:...】

【Advancement route:...】

【Hidden trait: Badge slot +1, current slot count: 4, total number of anomalies required to open the next slot: 2】

Accompanied by the mechanical prompt, the virtual panel, which originally only had three slots, scrolled, and a fourth slot quietly appeared. A cyan badge that looked like a sheep head and sheep brain had already been embedded in it in advance.

【Obtained the right to use the anomaly "Demon Horns", you successfully activated the Bronze-level badge "Demon Favored"】

【Demon Favored (Bronze): After completing a dirty and despicable deal and agreeing to perform an extremely evil sacrifice once every week from now on, you successfully obtained the favor of a high-ranking demon】

【Wearing effect: Affinity with anomalies marked with "Fallen" increases. While slightly reducing the cost of use, it significantly strengthens the effect of use】

【Advancement route: Without being discovered by the former owner of "Demon Horns", Olivia, privately complete the ten evil sacrifices agreed upon. This badge will automatically advance to the Silver badge "Friend of Demons", current progress 1/10】

【Hidden trait (No need to wear): Your soul is stained with a trace of demon aura, making it easier to be noticed by certain evil existences】

【Your infection value has increased】

【Current infection value is: 0.1】

"Hiss... you kid... you actually suit me quite well!"

Lying in Leon's arms, which were a bit hard for a sheep, and feeling that kind of "like a fish in water" harmony, the black goat couldn't help but raise its head and complain with a face full of surprise:

"In that situation before, you could control yourself and not stab that fat guy from the Road Administration. I thought you were the kind of person with a very strong moral sense and felt that we shouldn't get along.

But looking at our compatibility, you kid are clearly not a good person! Although not yet to the point of being extremely evil, you definitely haven't been harboring good intentions. You haven't done less of things like cheating and swindling, right?"

"..."

High compatibility with you is the badge's effect. I have been a law-abiding citizen for two lifetimes, okay?

Although his character, which had always been tough, was subjected to groundless accusations, Leon's brain was still normal, so naturally, he wouldn't confess his cheat to a demon.

And after holding the chattering sheep head and feeling it, Leon discovered with great surprise that he seemed to have temporarily obtained the ability to peek into souls.

With the sheep head he held in his hand as the center, within a radius of about two kilometers, thousands of swaying, weak "flames" suddenly lit up.

Hatred, betrayal, foolishness, jealousy, rage... countless cold and dark, yet burning the soul like flames, evil thoughts, like the faint blue phosphorus fire floating in the cemetery in the middle of the night, appeared in front of Leon one by one.

As long as he focused his attention, he could pass through the heavy obstacles of cement and brick and directly glimpse the burning malice contained in those "flames."

Leon even had a wonderful premonition that it seemed as long as he reached his "hand" over and picked lightly, he could make these cold poisonous fires surge instantly, burning all the host's sanity clean, and staining those souls that were originally light gray with a dark ink ten times darker than charcoal!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 413 =====